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--- version:Edition 1+++ version:Filed@@ -1,18 +1,16 @@GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINASESSION 2025-H 1-HOUSE BILL 1124+H D+HOUSE BILL DRH40683-NGa-156AShort Title: Interstate Compact for School Psychologists. (Public)-Sponsors: Representatives Pickett, Ball, Lambeth, and Paré (Primary Sponsors).-For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.-Referred to: Health, if favorable, Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations-of the House-April 30, 2026-*H1124-v-1*+Sponsors: Representative Pickett.+Referred to:++*DRH40683-NGa-156A*A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-AN ACT TO ADOPT THE INTERSTATE COMPACT F OR SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGI STS 2-AND TO APPROPRIATE F UNDS FOR A VIRTUAL S CHOOL PSYCHOLOGY 3+AN ACT TO ADOPT THE INTERSTATE COMPACT FOR SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS 2+AND TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR A VIRTUAL SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY 3TRAINING PROGRAM. 4The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 56@@ -31,11 +29,11 @@qualified professionals in their educational settings. To facilitate the objectives described above, 19this Compact does the following: 20(1) Enables School Psychologists who qualify for receipt of an Equivalent 21-License to practice in other Member States without first satisfying 22+License to practice in other Member States without first satisfying 22burdensome and duplicative requirements. 23(2) Promotes the mobility of School Psychologists between and among the 24Member States in order to address workforce shortages and to ensure that safe 25-and reliable School Psychological Services are availa ble in each Member 26+and reliable School Psychological Services are available in each Member 26State. 27(3) Enhances the public accessibility of School Psychological Services by 28increasing the availability of qualified, licensed School Psychologists through 29@@ -43,61 +41,64 @@practice in other Member States. 31(4) Preserves and respects the authority of each Member State to protect the health 32and safety of its residents by ensuring that only qualified, licensed 33-General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025-Page 2 House Bill 1124-First Edition-professionals are authorized to provide School Psychological Services within 1-that state. 2-(5) Requires School Psychologists practicing within a Member State to comply 3-with the Scope of Practice laws present in the state where the School 4-Psychological Services are being provided. 5-(6) Promotes cooperation between the Member Sta tes in regulating the practice 6-of School Psychology within those states. 7-(7) Facilitates the relocation of military members and their spouses who are 8-licensed to provide School Psychological Services. 9-"§ 115C-270.41. Definitions. 10-The following definitions shall apply in this Article: 11-(1) Active Military Member. – Any person with full-time duty status in the Armed 12-Forces of the United States, including members of the National Guard and 13-Reserve. 14-(2) Adverse Action. – Disciplinary action or encumbrance imposed on a License 15-by a State Licensing Authority. 16-(3) Alternative Program . – A nondisciplinary, prosecutorial diversion, 17-monitoring, or practice remediation process entered into in lieu of an Adverse 18-Action which is applicable to a School Psychologist and approved by the State 19-Licensing Authority of a Member State in which the participating School 20-Psychologist is licensed. This includes, but is not limited to, programs to 21-which Licensees with substance abuse or addiction issues may be referred in 22-lieu of an Adverse Action. 23-(4) Commissioner. – The individual appointed by a Member State to serve as the 24-representative to the Commission for that Member State. 25-(5) Compact. – This School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact. 26-(6) Continuing Professional Education. – A requirement, imposed by a Member 27-State as a condition of License renewal to provide evidence of successful 28-participation in professional educational activities relevant to the provision of 29-School Psychological Services. 30-(7) Criminal Background Check . – The submission of fingerprints or other 31-biometric information for a License applicant for the purpose of obtaining that 32-applicant's criminal history record information, as defined in 28 C.F.R. § 33-20.3(d), and the state 's criminal history record repositor y, as defined in 28 34-C.F.R. § 20.3(f). 35-(8) Doctoral Level Degree. – A graduate degree program that consists of at least 36-90 graduate semester hours in the field of School Psychology , including a 37-supervised internship. 38-(9) Encumbered License. – A License that a State Licensing Authority has limited 39-in any way other than through an Alternative Program, including temporary 40-or provisional licenses. 41-(10) Equivalent License . – A License to practice School Psychology which a 42-Member State has identified as a License which may be provided to School 43-Psychologists from other Member States pursuant to this Compact. 44-(11) Executive Committee. – The Commission's Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary, and 45-Treasurer and any other Commissioners as may be determined by 46-Commission Rule or bylaw. 47-(12) Home State. – The Member State that issued the Home State License to the 48-Licensee and is the Licensee's primary state of practice. 49-(13) Home State License. – The License that is not an Encumbered License issued 50-by the Home State to provide School Psychological Services. 51-General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025-House Bill 1124-First Edition Page 3+professionals are authorized to provide School Psychological Services within 34+that state. 35+H.B. 1124+Apr 29, 2026+HOUSE PRINCIPAL CLERK+General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025+Page 2 DRH40683-NGa-156A+(5) Requires School Psychologists practicing within a Member State to comply 1+with the Scope of Practice laws present in the state where the School 2+Psychological Services are being provided. 3+(6) Promotes cooperation between the Member States in regulating the practice 4+of School Psychology within those states. 5+(7) Facilitates the relocation of military members and their spouses who are 6+licensed to provide School Psychological Services. 7+"§ 115C-270.41. Definitions. 8+The following definitions shall apply in this Article: 9+(1) Active Military Member. – Any person with full-time duty status in the Armed 10+Forces of the United States, including members of the National Guard and 11+Reserve. 12+(2) Adverse Action. – Disciplinary action or encumbrance imposed on a License 13+by a State Licensing Authority. 14+(3) Alternative Program . – A nondisciplinary, prosecutorial diversion, 15+monitoring, or practice remediation process entered into in lieu of an Adverse 16+Action which is applicable to a School Psychologist and approved by the State 17+Licensing Authority of a Member State in which the participating School 18+Psychologist is licensed. This includes, but is not limited to, programs to 19+which Licensees with substance abuse or addiction issues may be referred in 20+lieu of an Adverse Action. 21+(4) Commissioner. – The individual appointed by a Member State to serve as the 22+representative to the Commission for that Member State. 23+(5) Compact. – This School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact. 24+(6) Continuing Professional Education. – A requirement, imposed by a Member 25+State as a condition of License renewal to provide evidence of successful 26+participation in professional educational activities relevant to the provision of 27+School Psychological Services. 28+(7) Criminal Background Check . – The submission of fingerprints or other 29+biometric information for a License applicant for the purpose of obtaining that 30+applicant's criminal history record information, as defined in 28 C.F.R. § 31+20.3(d), and the state 's criminal history record repository , as defined in 28 32+C.F.R. § 20.3(f). 33+(8) Doctoral Level Degree. – A graduate degree program that consists of at least 34+90 graduate semester hours in the field of School Psychology , including a 35+supervised internship. 36+(9) Encumbered License. – A License that a State Licensing Authority has limited 37+in any way other than through an Alternative Program, including temporary 38+or provisional licenses. 39+(10) Equivalent License . – A License to practice School Psychology which a 40+Member State has identified as a License which may be provided to School 41+Psychologists from other Member States pursuant to this Compact. 42+(11) Executive Committee. – The Commission's Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary, and 43+Treasurer and any other Commissioners as may be determined by 44+Commission Rule or bylaw. 45+(12) Home State. – The Member State that issued the Home State License to the 46+Licensee and is the Licensee's primary state of practice. 47+(13) Home State License. – The License that is not an Encumbered License issued 48+by the Home State to provide School Psychological Services. 49+General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025+DRH40683-NGa-156A Page 3(14) License. – A current license, certification, or other authorization granted by a 1Member State 's Licensing Authority that permits an individual to provide 2School Psychological Services. 3@@ -117,7 +118,7 @@(20) Qualifying School Psychologist Education Program. – An education program 17which awards a Specialist-Level or Doctoral-Level degree or equivalent upon 18completion and is approved by the Rules of the Commission as meeting the 19-necessary minimum educational standards to ensure that its graduates ar e 20+necessary minimum educational standards to ensure that its graduates are 20ready, qualified, and able to engage in the Practice of School Psychology. 21(21) Remote State. – A Member State other than the Home State where a Licensee 22holds a License through the Compact. 23@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@the Commission and the State Licensing Authority of each Member State, that 25has the force of law. 26(23) School Psychological Services . – Academic, mental , and behavioral health 27-services, including assessment, prevention, consultation an d collaboration, 28+services, including assessment, prevention, consultation and collaboration, 28intervention, and evaluation provided by a School Psychologist in a school, as 29outlined in applicable professional standards as determined by Commission 30Rule. 31@@ -140,7 +141,7 @@Psychologist licensed in a state is permitted to undertake in that state and the 40circumstances under which that Licensee is permitted to undertake those 41procedures, actions, and processes. Such procedures, actions, and processes, 42-and the circumstances unde r which they may be undertaken, may be 43+and the circumstances under which they may be undertaken, may be 43established through means, including, but not limited to, statute, regulations, 44case law, and other processes available to the State Licensing Authority or 45other government agency. 46@@ -150,8 +151,8 @@(28) State. – Any state, commonwealth, district, or territory of the United States of 50America. 51General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025-Page 4 House Bill 1124-First Edition-(29) State Licensing Authority. – A Member State's regulatory body responsible 1+Page 4 DRH40683-NGa-156A+(29) State Licensing Authority . – A Member State's regulatory body responsible 1for issuing Licenses or otherwise overseeing the Practice of School 2Psychology. 3(30) State Specific Requirement . – A requirement for licensure covered in 4@@ -166,7 +167,7 @@(2) Participate in the sharing of information with other Member States as 13reasonably necessary to accomplish the objectives of this Compact, and as 14further defined in G.S. 115C-270.47. 15-(3) Identify and maintain with the Commission a list of Equivalent Licenses 16+(3) Identify and maintain with the Commission a list of Equivalent Licenses 16available to Licensees who hold a Home State License under this Compact. 17(4) Have a mechanism in place for receiving and investigating complaints about 18Licensees. 19@@ -183,7 +184,7 @@c. Graduated from a Qualifying School Psychologist Education Program. 30(7) Comply with the terms of this Compact and the Rules of the Commission. 31(b) Each Member State shall grant an Equivalent License to practice School Psychology 32-in that state upon application by a Licen see who satisfies the criteria of G.S. 115C-270.43(a). 33+in that state upon application by a Licensee who satisfies the criteria of G.S. 115C-270.43(a). 33Each Member State shall grant renewal of the Equivalent License to a Licensee who satisfies the 34criteria of G.S. 115C-270.43(b). 35(c) Member States may set and collect a fee for granting an Equivalent License. 36@@ -198,13 +199,13 @@(4) Complete any requirements for renewal in the Home State, including 45applicable Continuing Professional Education requirements. 46(5) Upon their application to receive a license under this Compact, undergo a 47-criminal background check in the Member State in which the Equivalent 48+criminal background check in the Member State in which the Equivalent 48License is sought in accordance with the laws and regulations of such Member 49State. 50General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025-House Bill 1124-First Edition Page 5+DRH40683-NGa-156A Page 5(b) To renew an Equivalent License in a Member State other than the Home State, a 1-Licensee must only apply for renewal, complete a background check , and pay renewal fees as 2+Licensee must only apply for renewal, complete a background check, and pay renewal fees as 2determined by the Licensing Authority. 3"§ 115C-270.44. Active Military Members or their spouses. 4A Licensee who is an Active Military Member or is the spouse of an Active Military Member 5@@ -222,14 +223,14 @@request. Any Member State receiving such information or files shall protect and maintain the 17security and confidentiality thereof, in at least the same manner that it maintains its own 18investigatory or disciplinary files and information. Prior to disclosing any disciplinary or 19-investigatory information received from another Member State, the disclosing state shall 20+investigatory information received from another Member State, the disclosing state shall 20communicate its intention and purpose for such disclosure to the Member State which originally 21provided that information. 22"§ 115C-270.46. Establishment of the School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact 23Commission. 24(a) The Member States hereby create and establish a joint government agency whose 25membership consists of all Member States that have enacted the Compact, and this agency shall 26-be known as the School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact Commission. The 27+be known as the School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact Commission. The 27Commission is an instrumentality of the Member States acting jointly and not an instrumentality 28of any one state. The Commission shall come into existence on or after the effective date of the 29Compact as set forth in G.S. 115C-270.50. 30@@ -237,11 +238,11 @@(1) Each Member State shall have and be limited to one delegate selected by that 32Member State's State Licensing Authority. 33(2) The delegate shall be the primary administrative officer of the Member State 34-Licensing Authority or their desig nee who is an employee of the Member 35+Licensing Authority or their designee who is an employee of the Member 35State Licensing Authority. 36(3) The Commission shall by Rule or bylaw establish a term of office for 37delegates and may by Rule or bylaw establish term limits. 38-(4) The Commission may recommend removal or suspension of any delegate 39+(4) The Commission may recommend removal or suspension of any delegate 39from office. 40(5) A Member State 's Licensing Authority shall fill any vacancy of its delegate 41occurring on the Commission within 60 days of the vacancy. 42@@ -250,12 +251,12 @@(7) A delegate shall vote in person or by such other means as provided in the 45bylaws. The bylaws may provide for delegates to meet by telecommunication, 46videoconference, or other means of communication. 47-(8) The Commission s hall meet at least once during each calendar year. 48+(8) The Commission shall meet at least once during each calendar year. 48Additional meetings may be held as set forth in the bylaws. The Commission 49may meet by telecommunication, video conference, or other similar electronic 50means. 51General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025-Page 6 House Bill 1124-First Edition+Page 6 DRH40683-NGa-156A(c) The Commission shall have the following powers: 1(1) Establish the fiscal year of the Commission. 2(2) Establish code of conduct and conflict of interest policies. 3@@ -277,7 +278,7 @@(11) Conduct an annual financial review. 19(12) Hire employees, elect or appoint officers, fix compensation, define duties, 20grant such individuals appropriate authority to carry out the purposes of the 21-Compact, and establish the Commission 's personnel policies and progr ams 22+Compact, and establish the Commission 's personnel policies and programs 22relating to conflicts of interest, qualifications of personnel, and other related 23personnel matters. 24(13) Assess and collect fees. 25@@ -306,8 +307,8 @@the purposes of this Compact. 48(d) The Executive Committee. 49General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025-House Bill 1124-First Edition Page 7-(1) The Executive Commi ttee shall have the power to act on behalf of the 1+DRH40683-NGa-156A Page 7+(1) The Executive Committee shall have the power to act on behalf of the 1Commission according to the terms of this Compact. The powers, duties, and 2responsibilities of the Executive Committee shall include the following: 3a. Oversee the day-to-day activities of the administration of the Compact, 4@@ -325,11 +326,11 @@compliance reports to the Commission. 16g. Establish additional committees as necessary. 17h. Exercise the powers and duties of the Commission during the interim 18-between Commission meetings, exc ept for adopting or amending 19+between Commission meetings, except for adopting or amending 19Rules, adopting or amending bylaws, and exercising any other powers 20and duties expressly reserved to the Commission by Rule or bylaw. 21i. Other duties as provided in the Rules or bylaws of the Commission. 22-(2) The Executive Commi ttee shall be composed of up to seven members as 23+(2) The Executive Committee shall be composed of up to seven members as 23follows: 24a. The Chair and Vice-Chair of the Commission shall be voting members 25of the Executive Committee. 26@@ -345,7 +346,7 @@posted on its website and as determined to provide notice to persons 36with an interest in the business of the Commission. 37c. The Executive Committee may hold a special meeting in accordance 38-with sub-subdivision b. of subdivision (1) of subsection (f) of this 39+with sub-subdivision b. of subdivision (1) of subsection (f) of this 39section. 40(e) The Commission shall adopt and provide to the Member States an annual report. 41(f) Meetings of the Commission. 42@@ -356,13 +357,13 @@the same manner as required under the Rulemaking provisions in 47G.S. 115C-270.48, except that the Commission may hold a special 48meeting as provided in sub-subdivision b. of this subdivision. 49-b. The Commission may hold a special meeting when it must meet to 50+b. The Commission may hold a special meeting when it must meet to 50conduct emergency business by giving 48 hours ' notice to all 51General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025-Page 8 House Bill 1124-First Edition+Page 8 DRH40683-NGa-156Acommissioners, on the Commission 's website, and other means as 1provided in the Commission's Rules. The Commission's legal counsel 2-shall certify that the Commission 's need to meet qualifi es as an 3+shall certify that the Commission 's need to meet qualifies as an 3emergency. 4(2) The Commission or the Executive Committee or other committees of the 5Commission may convene in a closed, nonpublic meeting for the Commission 6@@ -372,7 +373,7 @@Compact. 10b. The employment, compensation, discipline , or other matters, 11practices, or procedures related to specific employees. 12-c. Current or threatened discipline of a Licensee by the Commission or 13+c. Current or threatened discipline of a Licensee by the Commission or 13by a Member State's Licensing Authority. 14d. Current, threatened, or reasonably anticipated litigation. 15e. Negotiation of contracts for the purchase, lease, or sale of goods, 16@@ -385,7 +386,7 @@i. Investigative records compiled for law enforcement purposes. 23j. Information related to any investigative reports prepared by or on 24behalf of or for use of the Commission or other committee charged 25-with responsibility of investigation or determination of compliance 26+with responsibility of investigation or determination of compliance 26issues pursuant to the Compact. 27k. Matters specifically exempted from disclosure by federal or Member 28State law. 29@@ -394,35 +395,35 @@that the meeting will be closed and reference each relevant exempting 32provision, and such reference shall be recorded in the minutes. 33(4) The Commission shall keep minutes that fully and clearly describe all matters 34-discussed in a meeti ng and shall provide a full and accurate summary of 35+discussed in a meeting and shall provide a full and accurate summary of 35actions taken, and the reasons therefore, including a description of the views 36expressed. All documents considered in connection with an action shall be 37-identified in such minutes. All minutes and documen ts of a closed meeting 38+identified in such minutes. All minutes and documents of a closed meeting 38shall remain under seal, subject to release only by a majority vote of the 39Commission or order of a court of competent jurisdiction. 40(g) Financing of the Commission. 41-(1) The Commission shall pay, or provide for the payment of, the re asonable 42+(1) The Commission shall pay, or provide for the payment of, the reasonable 42expenses of its establishment, organization, and ongoing activities. 43(2) The Commission may accept any and all appropriate revenue sources as 44provided in subdivision (13) of subsection (c) of this section. 45-(3) The Commission may levy on and collec t an annual assessment from each 46+(3) The Commission may levy on and collect an annual assessment from each 46Member State and impose fees on Licensees practicing in the Member States 47under an Equivalent License to cover the cost of the operations and activities 48of the Commission and its staff, which must be in a total amount sufficient to 49cover its annual budget as approved each year for which revenue is not 50provided by other sources. The aggregate annual assessment amount for 51General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025-House Bill 1124-First Edition Page 9+DRH40683-NGa-156A Page 9Member States shall be allocated based upon a formula that the Commission 1shall promulgate by Rule. 2(4) The Commission shall not incur obligations of any kind prior to securing the 3funds adequate to meet the same, nor shall the Commission pledge the credit 4of any of the Member States, except by and with the authority of the Member 5State. 6-(5) The Commission s hall keep accurate accounts of all receipts and 7+(5) The Commission shall keep accurate accounts of all receipts and 7disbursements. The receipts and disbursements of the Commission shall be 8subject to the financial review and accounting procedures established under 9-its bylaws. However, all receipts and disbursements of fund s handled by the 10+its bylaws. However, all receipts and disbursements of funds handled by the 10Commission shall be subject to an annual financial review by a certified or 11licensed public accountant, and the report of the financial review shall be 12included in and become part of the annual report of the Commission. 13@@ -436,7 +437,7 @@scope of Commission employment, duties , or responsibilities; provided that 21nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to protect any such person from 22suit or liability for any damage, loss, injury, or liability caused by the 23-intentional or willful or wanto n misconduct of that person. The procurement 24+intentional or willful or wanton misconduct of that person. The procurement 24of insurance of any type by the Commission shall not in any way compromise 25or limit the immunity granted hereunder. 26(2) The Commission shall defend any member, officer, executive director, 27@@ -465,7 +466,7 @@(5) Nothing in this Compact shall be interpreted to waive or otherwise abrogate a 50Member State's state action immunity or state action affirmative defense with 51General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025-Page 10 House Bill 1124-First Edition+Page 10 DRH40683-NGa-156Arespect to antitrust claims under the Sherman Act, Clayton Act, or any other 1state or federal antitrust or anticompetitive law or regulation. 2(6) Nothing in this Compact shall be construed to be a waiver of sovereign 3@@ -481,7 +482,7 @@(2) Licensure data. 13(3) Adverse Actions against a Licensee and information related thereto. 14(4) Nonconfidential information related to Alternative Program participation, the 15-beginning and ending dat es of such participation, and other information 16+beginning and ending dates of such participation, and other information 16related to such participation not made confidential under Member State law. 17(5) Any denial of application for licensure, and the reason(s) for such denial. 18(6) The presence of investigative information. 19@@ -503,7 +504,7 @@statute or resolution in the same manner used to adopt the Compact within four years of the date 35of adoption of the Rule, then such Rule shall have no further force and effect in any Member 36State. 37-(d) Rules or amendments to the Rules shall be adopted or ratified at a regular or special 38+(d) Rules or amendments to the Rules shall be adopted or ratified at a regular or special 38meeting of the Commission in accordance with Commission Rules and bylaws. 39(e) Prior to promulgation and adoption of a final Rule or Rules by the Commission, and 40at least 30 days in advance of the meeting at which the Rule will be considered and voted upon, 41@@ -514,10 +515,10 @@publish proposed Rules. 46(f) Upon determination that an emergency exists, the Commission may consider and 47adopt an emergency Rule with 48 hours' notice, with opportunity to comment, provided that the 48-usual Rulemaking procedures shall be retroactively applied to the Rule as soon as reasonably 49+usual Rulemaking procedures shall be retroactively applied to the Rule as soon as reasonably 49possible, in no event later than 90 days after the effective date of the Rule. For the purposes of 50General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025-House Bill 1124-First Edition Page 11+DRH40683-NGa-156A Page 11this provision, an emergency Rule is one that must be adopted immediately in order to accomplish 1the following: 2(1) Meet an imminent threat to public health, safety, or welfare. 3@@ -533,7 +534,7 @@(2) Venue is proper and judicial proceedings by or against the Commission shall 13be brought solely and exclusively in a court of competent jurisdiction where 14the principal office of the Commission is located. The Commission may waive 15-venue and juri sdictional defenses to the extent it adopts or consents to 16+venue and jurisdictional defenses to the extent it adopts or consents to 16participate in alternative dispute resolution proceedings. Nothing herein shall 17affect or limit the selection or propriety of venue in any action against a 18Licensee for professional malpractice, misconduct, or any such similar matter. 19@@ -557,7 +558,7 @@States, and all rights, privileges , and benefits conferred on that state by this Compact may be 37terminated on the effective date of termination. A cure of the default does not relieve the 38offending state of obligations or liabilities incurred during the period of default. 39-(d) Termination of membership in the Compact shall be imposed on ly after all other 40+(d) Termination of membership in the Compact shall be imposed only after all other 40means of securing compliance have been exhausted. Notice of intent to suspend or terminate 41shall be given by the Commission to the governor, the majority and minority leaders of the 42defaulting state's legislature, the defaulting State's Licensing Authority, and each of the Member 43@@ -570,9 +571,9 @@state shall continue to recognize all Licenses granted pursuant to this Compact for a minimum of 50six months after the date of said notice of termination. 51General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025-Page 12 House Bill 1124-First Edition+Page 12 DRH40683-NGa-156A(g) The Commission shall not bear any costs related to a state that is found to be in default 1-or that has been terminated from the Compact, unless agreed upon in writing between the 2+or that has been terminated from the Compact, unless agreed upon in writing between the 2Commission and the defaulting state. 3(h) The defaulting state may appeal the action of the Commission by petitioning the U.S. 4District Court for the District of Columbia or the federal district where the Commission has its 5@@ -588,10 +589,10 @@(1) By majority vote as provided by Rule, the Commission may initiate legal 15action against a Member State in default in the U .S. District Court for the 16District of Columbia or the federal district where the Commission has its 17-principal offices to enforce complian ce with the provisions of the Compact 18+principal offices to enforce compliance with the provisions of the Compact 18and its promulgated Rules. The relief sought may include both injunctive 19relief and damages. In the event judicial enforcement is necessary, the 20-prevailing party shall be awarded all costs of such litigation, including 21+prevailing party shall be awarded all costs of such litigation, including 21reasonable attorney s' fees. The remedies herein shall not be the exclusive 22remedies of the Commission. The Commission may pursue any other 23remedies available under federal or the defaulting Member State's law. 24@@ -602,7 +603,7 @@include both injunctive relief and damages. In the event judicial enforcement 29is necessary, the prevailing party shall be awarded all costs of such litigation, 30including reasonable attorneys' fees. 31-(3) No person other than a Member State shall enforce this Compact against the 32+(3) No person other than a Member State shall enforce this Compact against the 32Commission. 33"§ 115C-270.50. Effective date, withdrawal, and amendment. 34(a) The Compact shall come into effect on the date on which the Compact statute is 35@@ -622,7 +623,7 @@States shall be subject to the process set forth in subdivision (22) of subsection 49(c) of G.S. 115C-470.46 to determine if their enactments are materially 50General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025-House Bill 1124-First Edition Page 13+DRH40683-NGa-156A Page 13different from the model Compact statute and whether they qualify for 1participation in the Compact. 2(3) All actions taken for the benefit of the Commission or in furtherance of the 3@@ -640,10 +641,10 @@statute repealing the same. 15(b) A Member State's withdrawal shall not take effect until 180 days after enactment of 16the repealing statute. 17-(c) Withdrawal shall not affect the continuing requirement of t he withdrawing State 's 18+(c) Withdrawal shall not affect the continuing requirement of the withdrawing State 's 18Licensing Authority to comply with the investigative and Adverse Action reporting requirements 19of this Compact prior to the effective date of withdrawal. 20-(d) Upon the enactment of a statute withdrawing from this Compact, a state shal l 21+(d) Upon the enactment of a statute withdrawing from this Compact, a state shall 21immediately provide notice of such withdrawal to all Licensees within that state. 22Notwithstanding any subsequent statutory enactment to the contrary, such withdrawing state 23shall continue to recognize all Licenses granted pursuant to this Compact for a minimum of six 24@@ -658,7 +659,7 @@"§ 115C-270.51. Construction and severability. 33(a) This Compact and the Commission 's Rulemaking authority shall be liberally 34construed so as to effectuate the purposes and the implementation and administration of the 35-Compact. Provisions of the Compact expres sly authorizing or requiring the promulgation of 36+Compact. Provisions of the Compact expressly authorizing or requiring the promulgation of 36Rules shall not be construed to limit the Commission 's Rulemaking authority solely for those 37purposes. 38(b) The provisions of this Compact shall be severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence, 39@@ -674,8 +675,8 @@a constitutional requirement of a Member State is a material departure from the Compact. 49Otherwise, if this Compact shall be held to be contrary to the constitution of any Member State, 50General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025-Page 14 House Bill 1124-First Edition-the Compact shall remain in full force and effect as to the rema ining Member States and in full 1+Page 14 DRH40683-NGa-156A+the Compact shall remain in full force and effect as to the remaining Member States and in full 1force and effect as to the Member State affected as to all severable matters. 2"§ 115C-270.52. Consistent effect and conflict with other state laws. 3(a) Nothing herein shall prevent or inhibit the enforcement of any other law of a Member 4@@ -691,12 +692,12 @@Licensing Authority or Licensing Authority pursuant to that Article." 14SECTION 1.(c) This section is effective when it becomes law. 1516-PART II. APPROPRIATI ON FOR ECU VIRTUAL S CHOOL PSYCHOLOGY 17+PART II. APPROPRIATION FOR ECU VIRTUAL SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY 17TRAINING PROGRAM 18SECTION 2. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Board of Governors 19of The University of North Carolina the sum of one million dollars ($1,000,000) in nonrecurring 20funds for the 2026-2027 fiscal year to be allocated to East Carolina University (ECU) to host a 21-virtual school psychology training program at the ECU campus in Greenville, North Carolina. 22+virtual school psychology training program at the ECU campus in Greenville, North Carolina. 22Funds appropriated in this section shall not revert but shall remain available until June 30, 2029. 2324PART III. EFFECTIVE DATE 25
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